Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-09-24
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS

Gen. Beauregard is at Ashev7le.
The schools throughout the State
are opening with full numbers.
The paper mill of Salem, FIRST
| started in 1871, has been started up
again.
The champion watermelon was
rased near Laurinburg, and weighed
76 pounds.
Asheville Citizen The peach
crop was not all killed last winter,
and quite a good supply of fair fruit
is coming in from the country.
Raleigh Ncws.O Observer The cot
ton field from which Major r. S.
Tucker will gather $50 bales Of cot.
ton contains 107 acres instead Of fiji.
Franklin Times: Our tobacco
farmers are making some excellent
cures, and some very fine tobacco
has been raised in this county. The
crop this year will probably not be
so large as it was last, but we are
glad to say, that the quality is much
better. This is as it should be, as
the good article always brings a fair
price, while the inferior fails TO pay
expenses.
High Point Enterprise The En-.
pire Plaid Mills is an important in.
dustrial institution, and is turning
out goods that would be a credit to
any manufacturing establishment in
the country. Much of the cloth il
; handsomer and all of it is far better
than the shabby Northern stuff thai
our ladies buy at IL IL cents
yard. 1t is as yet unexplained why
our home people do not buy aud us'
, more of these domestic goods, as th'
reason cannot lay in either the ap
, pearance, quality or price of them
Possibly it is false pride.
Wilmington Messenger : The col
ored State Normal Schools are open
s ing. They are located at Colds
0 boro, Salisbury. Plymouth, Frank
linton, and Fayetteville. The fou
irst-named receive each $500 ar
nualiy, the latter receiving $4,000
. They are to be long-term school
n and receive larger appropriations ur
der an act of the last Legislator
!, the plan being to supply the nee
for colored teachers by providin
Il normal schools OF a higher elias
These schools are expected to be {
e. special benefit in this respect.
Rockingham Rocket We are tol
of a terrible accident which happier
. ed to a child near Jackson Spring
on Thursday, Sept. 1st. Mr.. St
TT phen Thomas was preparing to XII
a hog, and had heated water and ha
- it put in a barrel for the purpose
J. scalding the hog. One Of his lit
children, about two years old, W
playing around him, and, as M
Thomas turned away for a memen
the child pitched head foremost in,
the scalding water. Mr.. Thorn
drew the child out as quick as pc
sible, but as he did so the SIX
peeled off its legs and body. III
child was alive when our Informal
left, some two or three minutes aft
the accident, but it was thought tn
p it could not survive many minute
:, Milton Advertiser The outlot
for our farmers is quite bright. Th'
have more than average crops
wheat, oats and corn-their tobacc
Il while covering a reduced acreage,
generally very good and is curi1
,er nicely. In fact some of our frieu
from the country a be induced
brag on their pretty curings. T
rain OF Wednesday night will be
~ advantage TO the crop and we m
expect a irstrate quality of brig
tobacco from this crop. We
lieve it will be superior in quality
any crop grown for several yea
The crop in the great tobacco gro
s. ing States of the West is only abo
o%ne-fourth of an average crop, a.
B that is said TO be very much d
= eased. Hence our section may {
: pect to realize good figures tor
their tobaccos. The ouly complai
50 We hear OF from the farmers is, tt
- 4 great deal O! tobacco is green.